St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS
Tho loss 20 the Government thrcrc,
snugglers d estimated At go. OOO, 90
annually.
.-Lste asks: ''What relation is tn
queen to the Guelph of Mexico?" w,
would simply say. nephew mind; she i
neither Pa-na-ma
Miss Gushington (eyes riveted o,
the cow)-"lsn't she lovely Mr.. Cal
low" Mr. Callow. (eyes riveted on tn,
pretty but impossible milkmaid)-
''Ya'aa"-CAicago Tribune.
So Bilkinson is settling up hi.
debtse" Il hear he IL" HAS h,
squared things with you. YETI" mo
But I'm friend Of his. you know"
1os0s Topics.
-lsaac Treadway. . veteran and
somewhat noted gambler Of St. Louis,
has been fined SIS in the police court
Tor attempting to win the regard of q
young and handsome married woman.
AT an elegant dinner near Phila-
delphia the table. over fifty feet long.
was set with cut glass only. A bed Of
roses extended its entire length, and
little wax candles before each guest
lighted the entertainment.
According to Major General A. Won
lilo. OF the Russian army. the longest
river in the world 10 our own Missouri
Mississippi. which has . length Of 4, 1874
miles. Next comes the Nile, 4, O2O miles;
the Yangtze-kiang. 5, 1853 miles: and the
Amazon. S.O6S miles.-M y Ledger.
The great temple of Karnak. at
Thebes. Egypt contains the oldest bo-
tanical work in the world. 1t is sculp-
tured on the walls, and represents for
eign plants brought home by Thotmes
Ill. from campaign in Arabia. Not
only is the plant or tree shown. but the
leaves. fruit and seed-pods are illus
trated separately. after the fashion Of
modern botanists.-Bostow Budget.
There is blood in the eve of the ed
itor OF Rockland (Me. newspaper. and
wien he meets a certain type-setter he
will shed it freely. He wrote one Of his
finest sentences the other morning. and
when he read 'when mourning puppies
fill the sky" instead Of ''when morning
puppies all the sky" As he had written.
he picked up . rock and started for the
composing-room. bent on committing
murder. but his victim had heard the
news and hown.-C Chicago Times.
Dull implies slowness, but not de-
ficiency Of intellect. Stupid is entirely
negative, and implies lack of perception
resulting from want Of intellect. Silly
implies deficiency in intellect or feeble
ness in character, and is applied to
words. writings. manners. Foolish is
applied to actions, and refers to an
abuse OF the intellect-to neglect rather
than deficiency. We blame man who |
is foolish. have contempt for the man
who is silly.-Boston Journal of Edwco-
aon.
-Danbury, Conn. has pair of twins
that not only look and speak almost
exactly alike. but are peculiarly at
tached to one another. They can not
be separated single day without long
ing for each others society. and vet
hey are both married now. II one is
upon one street and the other on .
different one they can tell by some cleo
rical affinity whether they are ap-
preaching each other or getting further
part. When one is sick the other is
more or less similarly affected.-N r
Sem.
Ice in Lake Superior stove big
'ole in the bow Of the steamboat Besse-
ner. She made thirty-nine inches of
vater in eight minutes after the acct
lent. and was in imminent danger Of
linking. when Second Mate Chamber
ain saved her from laundering by a
laring act. Taking apair of blankets.
le had himself lowered over the bow
Until he was in the water up to his neck:
hen. taking the blankets between his
Get. he got them down BY the hole and
he suction drew them in. filling in the
'ap SO that the pumps kept the steamer
ree.-N T. Sum
-''Hayseed' beer is tho latest
leverage sold in the shops in Maine.
is said to be q home made beer
rewed from hops. molasses and yeast
axe. Some half-dozen places At Togus
re selling it. and it is taking the place
{ the stronger drinks which the
gal taboo imposed by the rigid
lst Legislature is driving out. 1t is
sserted that ginger u coming into
svor in this section to relieve the
arched throat Of the inebriate, and that
some places Jamaica ginger and
eer are combined Phil0delpkia Press.